Veteran Italian war correspondent missing in Syria — An Italian journalist has been missing in Syria for 20 days, his newspaper La Stampa says. — Domenico Quirico, 62, an experienced war reporter, entered Syria from Lebanon on 6 April saying he would be out of touch for a week.

As One German Weekly Falters, Another Celebrates Big Gains — SERRAVAL, FRANCE — The two most respected newsweeklies in Germany, Der Spiegel and Die Zeit, are both based in Hamburg, and both were founded by icons of postwar journalism in Germany. But now their businesses seem to be headed in opposite directions.

Data journalism awards 2013: get the full shortlist — Find out who has been shortlisted for the 2013 DJAs — The Guardian has received five shortlist nominations for the 2013 Data Journalism Awards - the only international prize exclusively for data-driven journalism. — The Guardian nominations were for:

Yahoo Rolls Out Its Own ‘Native’ Ad Format — A New Ad Strategy for the Yahoo Homepage — Yahoo reorganized its homepage in February around an infinite “stream” of content, personalized for the user by their declared or implied interests. Now that feed is getting ads, so-called “native” …

Two Classics of the Soaps Are Heading to the Web — On Monday the soap operas “All My Children” and “One Life to Live” will start their second lives, and Jeffrey Kwatinetz and Rich Frank will start to find out if they're right. — The two men have poured money and nearly two years of their time into an Internet revival of the soaps.

Nielsen Gets Digital to Track Online TV Viewers — Nielsen is expected to announce Tuesday that it is testing a tool to measure online viewing of TV shows, the latest step in the company's efforts to improve how it tracks digital audiences. — Broadcast and cable networks, including NBC …

Free Speech on the Internet: Silicon Valley is Making the Rules — A year ago this month, Stanford Law School hosted a little-noticed meeting that may help decide the future of free speech online. It took place in the faculty lounge, where participants were sustained in their deliberations by bagels and fruit platters.

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